thunder wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:08:27 -0400, H the K wrote:


I don't see anything wrong with the practice. If I were a construction
worker, I sure as hell wouldn't want to be working on a scaffold or on
the ground alongside workers who were "high."

Yeah, but you're not testing for someone who is high. You're testing for
illegal drug use. Smacks of Big Brother to me. By the by, alcohol
doesn't show up in a urinalysis. If I were working on a scaffold, I'd be
more concerned if the guy above me was drunk, than I would be if he had
blown a joint two weeks ago.


Booze is a problem. You have to depend on the foreman or site safety guy
to pull the drunks off the job.

The testing problem with joints is that the residue shows up for at
least a month after use, according to what I have read. Still, I don't
have a problem with drug screening for illegal substance use. There's
nothing to prevent a user from "using" the morning he steps on the
jobsite. That makes the job a lot more dangerous.


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